With Tiger Woods still recovering from injury Adam Scott was crowned Golf World Number One this morning as the World Rankings were released

Woods has been losing 0.2 points a week during his injury lay off and Scott managed to overhaul him following the HP Byron Nelson Championship at the weekend – even though the Aussie was not actually competing.

Scott has had a solid if unspectacular season with three Top Ten finishes on the PGA Tour.

Speaking to one of his sponsors, UNIQLO, Scott commented on his achievement.

“Achieving the World Number One ranking has been a goal of mine from when I first started playing golf. I am tremendously happy to have achieved this goal.”

Scott will have his work cut out to keep the top spot on the ranking as the top 5 in the world ranking are currently covered by just a single point.

Golf Monthly Newsletters

Please keep me up to date with special offers and news from Golf Monthly and other brands within the Time Inc. UK Group by email. You can unsubscribe at any time.

We'd also like to send you special offers and news just by email from other carefully selected companies we think you might like. Your personal details will not be shared with those companies - we send the emails and you can unsubscribe at any time. Please tick here if you are happy to receive these messages.